Another week, another half naked shoot. As I was perusing the web over the weekend, I came across this leaked sneak peek of Rihanna on the cover of GQ. At this point it’s become increasingly difficult for me to be surprised when I see the barely covered star on the cover of a magazine.
Last week we saw her set the web ablaze while engaging in suggestive dominatrix poses with the legendary model Kate Moss.
A month prior, she released the topless cover art for her latest album Unapologetic.
What I have gleaned from her bouts of nudity is that she isn’t doing it for the “shock” value as many may believe. She’s doing it simply because she can, and because she isn’t too fond of covering up. She loves her body (rightly so), and wants the world to thoroughly understand how comfortable she is in her skin.
I commend her fearlessness and ability to be bold and honest with no apologies. I don’t expect her to be a role model, as she has denounced the notion of being one at countless turns in recent years. Thus, I won’t make the argument of her setting a bad example for younger children who may look up to her.
My qualm is instead one of nostalgia. I long for the days of her slaying editorial spread after editorial spread; all with the bat of an eyelash. She recently shot a stunning cover for the November issue of Vogue, –it left me hungry for more. Each shot was captivating, and showcased a Rihanna who could effortlessly put many supermodels to shame. Can we get more of that?
I wouldn’t want her to stop living her truth by any means, I’m just asking for a little balance. It couldn’t possibly hurt to get just a few more high fashion spreads from this gorgeous gal.
What do you think? Are you over Rihanna’s racy shoots?
~Cliché
November 12, 2012 12:41 pm
She looks hot with or without cloths. Lol! Let the girl do her at the end of the day you can’t satisfy everyone.
November 12, 2012 12:44 pm
Ri Ri can do no wrong in my eyes. Keep the pics coming. Lol
November 12, 2012 12:45 pm
I agree as much as she dosent want to be a role model she is..there needs to be a balance
November 12, 2012 12:54 pm
@ lia agreed
November 12, 2012 12:54 pm
It’s an amazing and beautiful thing to be comfortable in your own skin, however, you do not have to broadcast it each and every chance you get. Like the commenter that posted before me, she’s a role model whether she wants to accept the title or not. But, you only live once..right?
November 12, 2012 12:56 pm
yes…..beyond OVER IT!
November 12, 2012 12:57 pm
I blame the new tattoo for this latest bout of nakedness. Rihanna is an exhibitionist at heart and there is no fun in getting a tattoo that people immediately criticized and then keeping it covered up.
November 12, 2012 12:57 pm
Let’s be real, Rihanna is no grand talent, but lucky for her she’s stunning. She has to keep people’s attention and what better way to do that than being sexy? I always feel like if you’re tired of something then don’t entertain it.
November 12, 2012 12:58 pm
nope
November 12, 2012 1:02 pm
I think she balances it by doing what she wants…naked 1 day…high fashion next week. Do u Rih.
November 12, 2012 1:31 pm
bucket.naked.rihanna.
i can’t be mad. i can try, but it won’t work
November 12, 2012 1:39 pm
Im over it, but she’s young, young with fame money and very little guidance. I just wonder is it all worth it.
November 12, 2012 1:44 pm
Yes.
November 12, 2012 1:45 pm
ugghhh her body shape is to die for
*feels guilty as i just ate some greasy delicious chinese*
signs out – off to the gym i go ugghhh
i love the gq shoot – if u got it ……… u know the rest
people will hate if your doing good
people will hate if your doing bad
be the shit and do Great i say :)
November 12, 2012 1:46 pm
why are my comments dissapearing ?
November 12, 2012 1:47 pm
think she looks fantastico
that GQ shot is beautiful
if singing didnt work out she could definetly be a model
her figure is to die for ugghh
*just had some fattening chinese’
if you got it flaunt it
simple
November 12, 2012 2:02 pm
Are we tired of kim k and fam walking up and down the sidewalk?…let a chick that actually has a job do her…
November 12, 2012 2:14 pm
Love her blond look
November 12, 2012 2:29 pm
She just needs a little more of a balance.
November 12, 2012 2:38 pm
YAAWWWN!!!
November 12, 2012 2:40 pm
YAAWWN!!!
November 12, 2012 2:42 pm
(posted by whatevs
NOVEMBER 12, 2012 2:02 PM
Are we tired of kim k and fam walking up and down the sidewalk?…let a chick that actually has a job do her…)
I cosign the comment above. Besides, Rih does have an album to promote so don’t be suprised if more nude pics come out.
November 12, 2012 2:42 pm
Rihanna’s breast (and ‘nether regions’ for that matter) are old news….once your nude photos are made available for the world to see, i don’t there’s much more you can do to ‘shock’ people.
November 12, 2012 2:47 pm
What ever happened to be versatile?
November 12, 2012 2:56 pm
We’ll be over Rihanna’s nakedness when the fashion bloggers are over Kim Kardashian. Yeah…I don’t see that happening any time soon.
November 12, 2012 3:03 pm
Nudity is apart of art, high fashion is apart of art…. get it!
November 12, 2012 3:06 pm
She is clearly doing what she wants, so let her be. People are OVERLY opinionated when it comes to what OTHER people should be doing. KEEP DOING YOU, RIHANNA!
November 12, 2012 3:10 pm
Not yet. I love her naked she’s gorgeous. But I assume one day it’ll get old.
November 12, 2012 3:11 pm
That GQ cover is the business I didn’t care for rihanna in the beginning of her career but now I love her
November 12, 2012 3:17 pm
<3
November 12, 2012 3:21 pm
This is how she remains popular. And if people are tired of her I can’t tell. She’s on blogs everyday for the same things that people are “sick” of seeing her do. However, I do feel that she knows deep down she has to have shock value in everything she does to make up for her talent. Honestly, I feel she is talented, but it says something when you have to release an album every year. It’s almost as if she’s afraid that people will forget her.
November 12, 2012 3:22 pm
I can always appreciate a woman’s body whether its art or has some type of meaning behind it. As long as its not just for the sake of being naked. However, I feel like some celebs, such as Rihanna don’t need to be naked all the time in magazines, Not when you have a face so beautiful. I have seen many female celebs slay photo shoots in an evening gown and look a lot more sexier doing so.
I’m not over her nakedness but I do feel she can hold off on it for a while because either way people will be looking and buying as long as she is on the cover.
November 12, 2012 3:30 pm
Well put!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 12, 2012 3:34 pm
My two cents, I think the badass sexpot image is getting tired. Naked fine whatever. Yawn snooze. Next.
November 12, 2012 3:35 pm
It’s not shocking anymore.
November 12, 2012 3:39 pm
J’adore when Rihanna goes high fashion! Give the people what they want!
November 12, 2012 3:44 pm
while im sure she has some say, remember these are editorials produced by someone that is not her. these magazines are the ones that have no creativity. Im sure if vogue had said let’s do the cover naked shed be like “ok” but they were like no we’ll put you in a dress and she said “ok”.
furthermore, you posted pics from both gq and esquire; two men’s magazines where the reader is most certainly not interested in Rihanna’s shoes.
November 12, 2012 3:55 pm
I, personally, like her as a ‘model’ rather than a singer.. For some reason, I just can’t stand the sound of her singing voice. But when it comes to doing pictures, she’s definitely got ‘IT’.
November 12, 2012 4:09 pm
Her body is to die for love the GQ shot! Personally as long as it is balance I have no problem but we have to keep in mind the publications not all shoots are going to go the vogue/high fashion route. Besides she said she wants to be the black Madonna so I doubt she will slow down and get prudish on us….
November 12, 2012 4:13 pm
She’s beautiful has a great body & is confident in herself and
Her sexuality . I just don’t want to see her get to lost in the sauce with the overtop sexy images. Balance , balance, balance . However @ the end of the she’s just doing her & being free !
November 12, 2012 4:38 pm
I would love to see more covers like the vogue cover
November 12, 2012 5:18 pm
Well said Cliche’.
November 12, 2012 5:47 pm
I am soooooooooooo sick of it. It just cheapens her image….but then again, her image is about being hyper sexual…..also, I’m not fond of the fact that she’s seen as an ‘acceptable’ black woman in terms of looks to the mainstream media but uses her platform to be slutty and constantly playing up her sexuality. Its just feeding into a stereotype about us that I don’t like….
November 12, 2012 6:08 pm
@COCO: I couldn’t have said it any better, bravo!!
November 12, 2012 6:24 pm
Lmao @coco…so tired of this tired response…girl take a look at this site everyday…black women accepted or not accepted are doing a fine job of representing h.a.m. to the world…tell the girl next to you to stop being a stereotype…
November 12, 2012 6:30 pm
Love the raunch
November 12, 2012 6:54 pm
I really hate that pixie cut on her
November 12, 2012 7:15 pm
Seriously..she is not doing it for the shock value??..rihanna has a new album dropping in less than a month..all of these magazines will be published with in the next week or two.
Sure she loves her body…sure she looks hot but sex sells and Rihanna is trying to sell records! A girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do!
November 12, 2012 7:26 pm
OVER ITTTTTTTTTTTT !!!!! also i’ve noticed that her stylist is giving Rita Ora all of the gorg high fashions as of late ( shade)
November 12, 2012 10:31 pm
I co-sign on @nmillmich25. Girl has to remain relevant. She is working it in those pictures though.
November 12, 2012 11:20 pm
@StylishlyYours Cosign on that perspective && agree with @nmillmich25. She knows exactly what she’s doing.
November 12, 2012 11:46 pm
Let’s note the fact the her nude shoots are not for women’s fashion mags; I’m pretty sure the men reading Esquire and GQ are not interested in the latest trends she’s wearing.
Also, every recording artist has their own formula, whether it’s putting album out once every year or every 10 years. We don’t get upset at rapper who put out mixtapes every 3 months or so. At the end of the day, this has worked for her. Just look at the numbers.
Regardless, we are not with her 24/7. And I’m pretty sure she not naked for majority of that time. The girl looks fab and she definitely inspires me to get in the gym and to get on top of my thang!!!!
November 13, 2012 12:08 am
I don’t think it’s fair to say you want the high fashion back. Wasn’t she just in a high fashion Vogue shoot (with the cover I might add) 30 days ago. I actually love the fact that she’s blending the skank with the high fashion. So for those yelling for balance, she has balance. Rihanna will rock jeans and timbs on Monday, Couture on Tuesday and lady bits out on Wednesday and be somewhere on vaca on Thursday while we’re here talking about it.
November 13, 2012 12:59 am
Celebrities are not role models! Teach your children to look up to real role models. These people are entertainers!
November 13, 2012 1:26 am
Rih can do no wrong! The girl is promoting an album.
November 13, 2012 10:57 am
i dont think anyone is confused about what kind of girl rhirhi is….fun, fun, fun. She is young and doing her. She is no ones role model…maybe gymspiration. Say what you want, bish is bad. And I dont mind the photos. AT ALL
November 13, 2012 1:19 pm
she looks hot yo, i say if you’ve got it flaunt it
November 13, 2012 6:04 pm
If people are over it… Why look I don’t get it..if I don’t like something I just stop looking at it ..simply…it’s her body but I do miss the high fashion
November 13, 2012 6:06 pm
Btw I agree @ anon2 and ofentse
November 13, 2012 6:33 pm
Im over it. Sorry…like someone else said…its one thing to love your body..we get it..she looks wonderful..HOWEVER ..I’m sick of seeing her naked azz everywhere. Sweetie, put some clothes on and be a lady..DAM! She adds to this OVER sexualized world.
November 14, 2012 10:40 am
I think Rihanna might be living by Steve Jobs’ motto…..“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
and ditto @Anon2
November 14, 2012 4:13 pm
I see nothing wrong with nudity, just as i see nothing wrong with wearing clothes. I’m not sure what there is to be tired of. We assign labels and expectations to things that are neither here nor there.
November 15, 2012 1:15 pm
Beauty
November 18, 2012 9:12 am
@Deb I think Rihanna might be living Biggies motto..GET MONEY
December 6, 2012 11:20 am
Who cares how you haters feel? No matter what we say Rihanna’s still getting money, and she’s still gonna be doing what she wants! i love her, and all im saying is do you
January 24, 2013 8:54 pm
When public nudity is no longer shocking, then we have a problem. Leave something to the imagination please.